Hey all,

Without this thred getting way outta hand.......lets simmer down, now.

I feed live. I have 65 balls and have had a very successful feeding history, less one.

When I fed one day to my group I have a regularly timid 100% het for pied. Its because of this I choose a smaller rat for her. Well I picked the smaller rat that I had in a tank for a week. They are fed and watered but I suspect that this one being the runt, got beat up on and was either looking for some pay back or was on the bottom end of the food chain (I suspect the latter). It took the rat 30 seconds , literally, to put a hole in the body of my ball. I was upset to say the least and the rats life was terminated shortly thereafter. I just want to be sure say here that I still feed live. as my collection grows I do not see that changing.

It is very important though, that we watch our pets and insure that they eat quicky and without problem. I hope I never have a problem again and I am very happy to see Adam's impressive stat's but, I am afraid to say I believe it is luck, not skill that dictates whether we have one of these unfortunate accidents.

This is a first hand experiance and I did not get this from my second cousins sister's, Mom brother on her maiden side.

Disclaimer: These are my opinion, at no time should you take these for gospel. That is all.